After Toni Abela's brilliant idea for Labour supermarkets….
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January 31, 2011 at 12:54am
Joseph Muscat and Norman Hamilton have put their heads together to unleash a massive campaign to exploit the crisis in North Africa and bring more tourists to Malta.
Majtezwel, eh.
They have chucked a few cents and a bottle of whisky Godfrey Grima’s way and he’s come up with the goods (shown here). It was a bit of a tussle with Marisa Micallef at first, but finally Godfrey let go of her hair and declared victory. The Poison Dwarf was thrilled.
Off every tourist that HEMILTINN TREVILL brings to Malta in search of pyramids and famous rivers with an evocative history, the Labour Party will cream off 10% towards that Juliette balcony for Joseph.
P.S. Thank you to the person who sent in the picture.
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Unbelieve it! This is only the most outrageous and recent example of Joseph Muscat’s “fly-by-night” and “flying-by-the-seat-of-his pants” politics.
Blind and clueless. Is there a real brain – one that reflects, is analytical, and can see beyond the tip of his nose, one that is not so hell-bent at jumping into perceived modes of cleverness (“Arani, ma!”) with which, apparently, implicitly, to beat the less clever or thought to be less credible “government” and “government leader” about the head?
Unfortunately, we can despair about the opposition (while also criticizing government). We may pull our hair at the prospect of Joseph and the PL gang in government. What will the EU do when Joseph also retains the six-month rotating Presidency? Advocate EU tourism while the Mediterranean is in revolution?
I am involved in the tourism sector and what is happening in Egypt is already having a positive effect on tourism in Malta. We were at a fair this week and the Egypt stands were being avoided completely.
Tourists shy away from troubled countries and if they want to have a holiday anyway we stand to benefit. This however should not prompt us to capitalise on the misery of others. Whilst many might think about the benefit, nobody with a bit of decency would say “Oh good, Egypt is in flames, so let’s tell everyone that they should travel to Malta instead.”
I have friends in Egypt and I can only think of them now. Imagine if things were the other way round. We would want countries to support us not make a campaign to cream off our tourists. Only Labour could come up with something like this.
Someone earlier on said that even Mario Demarco spoke about this. To my knowlege Mario Demarco was answering a Labour spokesman who said we should be marketing more and it was at the time when the Tunisians were overthrowing their dictator.
Also he said it should not be done and that any benefit that came along was a bounus – or something to that effect.
Sir Elton John’s new animated film Gnomeo and Juliet is soon to be released, featuring Kurt Farrugia in one role and Muscat in the other.
What a brilliant foreign policy statement by Joseph Muscat.
Daphne, PLEASE tell me that this is not true!
[Daphne – The supermarket proposal was a real one by Toni Abela. The ad is a joke – of course (though I say so with caution, given that you never know what they will come up with next.]
Joseph Muscat’s comments are outrageous. Malta has a very important Mediterranean dimension and should promote solidarity, Dr. Muscat.
Exactly. Successive Labour and Nationalist governments have made “Paci fil-Mediterran” a central theme in Malta’s foreign policy on the basis that if there is trouble anywhere in the region, this affects the entire basin. Now here comes along Joseph Muscat proposing that our economy can prosper with trouble in our region.
There’s more whence they came! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jien-irkotta-nghid-mhux-rikotta/126196440738433
This is totally irresponsbile behaviour by a person aspiring to become Prim Minister. Putting aside democracy, and totally disrespecting those who have already died for freedom, supposedly for economic benefits is very very dangerous.
I would like to believe Muscat did not really know the implications of what he said, but if he really did then he would be the most insenstivie Labour leader ever. Is this the same person who pretends to be in touch with the asiprations of the electorate or yet another case to prove he is totally detached from reality abroad?
It would be interesting to gather some reaction from the Egyptian community in Malta.
I am tired giving him the benefit of the doubt every so often.
Did not know where to post this, so here comes:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/30/jokes-about-bankers
Classic picture, though they could have added the obligatory insert of our beautiful weather (taken in July, but shown in the winter catalogues) to fool the touristas even more.
Wouldn’t put it past them to contact Rinella to see if they still have sets left over from Gladiator/Troy/Agora and then place them around the island.
Also, with a bit of landscaping, I’m sure Maghtab can be transformed into a pyramid and Inspector Gadget can assume a Sphinx-like pose infront of it?
Joseph must have really laboured to come up with such foreign policy brilliance. He must have burnt the last of his grey cells.
By the same reasoning, if a fireworks factory blew up he would be unleashing a marketing campaign to sell more of his family’s firework chemicals to that particular town or village. Never mind the crass insensitivity.
There’s no point holding back, is there? Make hay while the sun shines and grab every sick opportunity to earn a few euros.
The man is a complete and utter nincompoop.
So insensitive and short-sighted.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/muscat%E2%80%99s-n-african-tourism-appraisal-sparks-satirical-mock-campaign
“It is unbelievable and shameful how the leader of a party that aspires to be in government can be so cynical and, in the face of events that are changing the history of the world, can only think of exploiting the suffering and misery of our North African neighbours. Is this the political vision of the so called progressive in the Labour Party?” – statement by Arnold Cassola, AD
And here is the apology:
A party spokesperson said “we had a good laugh and won’t accuse the authors of lacking ‘savior faire’.”
He added that however “the issue merits not just the original touch of humour by a commentator, but serious consideration and a well thought campaign which would attract tourists to Malta instead of other destinations which are in turmoil.”
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt
“Savior faire”. Ja qabda imbecilli rakkomandati. Anatema fuqhom.
Thankfully he wasn’t ‘il-Leader’ when the tsunami struck a few years back. I hate to think what he would have come up with back then.
Different issue: Sportsman of the year was won by a subutteo player, and the first three Maltese who conquered Mount Everest were……. congratulated on their feat.
U le, Pajjiz ta’ Mickey Mouse.
Mountaineering is not a sport. Subutteo is, at least, a competitive event. However, “Maltese bladibla of the year” awards are a big flipping joke, whatever the heading. How about a posthumous award to the suicide victims of 2010?
Mountaineering, not a sport, when it needs such athletic skills and stamina? Subbuteo is only a simulation of a sport. Flicking figurines around on a table hardly counts as ‘sport’. Or perhaps I missed the sarcasm?
International relations at their best.